Allic, Abigail Grace                                                                                    Ultraviolet                                        Gamma
Bugayong, Mesha Em       Radio Wave               Infrared Wave Visible Light                                                  X-ray Wave
                                                                                                           Rays                                             Wave
                         1 millimeter to 100                                     390 to 700                                        0.01 to 10               less than 10
  Wavelength                 kilometers
                                                  1 meter to 1 millimeter
                                                                                 nanometers
                                                                                                        10 nm to 400 nm
                                                                                                                                  nanometers                picometers
                                                                                                                               30 petahertz to 30
                                                  300 MHz (100 cm) to                                  8 × 1014 to 3 × 1016                              greater than 1019
   Frequency             300 GHz to 3 KHz
                                                   300 GHz (0.1 cm)
                                                                                430–770 THz.
                                                                                                               Hz
                                                                                                                              exahertz (3×1016 Hz
                                                                                                                                                                Hz
                                                                                                                                 to 3×1019 Hz)
                                                                             Cones in our eyes are
                                                                                                                                X-ray tubes, rotating
                                                                            receivers for these tiny      Sunlight is the
                       When a direct electrical     Microwaves, in                                                                    anodes and         Gamma Rays are
                                                                            visible light waves. The    greatest source of
                        current is applied to a                                                                               synchrotrons. In-house      produced in the
                                                   effect, are energy       Sun is a natural source    UV radiation. Man-      or laboratory sources
                        wire the current flow      bursts. They are          for visible light waves                                                      disintegration of
Source/Means                   builds an                                      and our eyes see the
                                                                                                         made ultraviolet        will produce X-rays
                                                                                                                                                             radioactive
                        electromagnetic field
                                                    generated by an                                      sources include           using either an
                                                                                                                                                         atomic nuclei and
of Production           around the wire. This      electronic device
                                                                                reflection of this
                                                                            sunlight off the objects   several types of UV       evacuated tube or a
                                                                                                                                                           in the decay of
                                                                                                       lamps, arc welding,     rotating anode. X-ray
                          field sends a wave            called a            around us. The color of
                                                                                                                                  tubes consist of a     certain subatomic
                                                                            an object that we see is   and mercury vapor
                       outward from the wire.         magnetron.                                             lamps.            filament that acts as a        particles.
                                                                                the color of light
                                                                                                                                       cathode.
                                                                                    reflected.
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